Their main hit is actually Angel Eyes and if u like this song, u will LOVE Angel Eyes!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do it….Jeff Healy is the band singer in Road House with Patrick Swayze

@wendyhodges7172

2 жыл бұрын

Best,best, best song!!

@hapyjac6713

2 жыл бұрын

He and the band are great in Road House and so is Patrick Swayze (RIP).

@maryscaggsdane1978

2 жыл бұрын

YES!! Angel Eyes!!

@Merdyon13

2 жыл бұрын

He also covered While my guitar gently weeps, with George Harrison.

@ElementMan57

2 жыл бұрын

Please listen to Angel Eyes!!!

Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healy lost his sight to eye cancer when he was a year old and was given his first guitar two years later. At a school for the blind, he was shown how to play the guitar the usual way but found it felt more comfortable on his lap. He passed away on Mar. 2, 2008 long fight with Cancer. RIP

He learned to do this while blind. He lost his eyesight due to eye cancer when he was 1 year old which resulted in his having glass eyes for all but the first year of his life. He learned to play guitar in a school for the blind but he didn't like holding it in a normal way he said it felt better laying on his lap. He passed away from cancer when he was 41 years old. He truly was a natural talent and IMHO is one the best guitar players I have heard.

Jeff was "discovered" by Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughn at a club in Toronto (Jeff's hometown). Stevie and Jeff played together on some occasions and remained friends up to Stevie's death. Jeff was also good friends with BB King, who called him his "Canadian son". BB once commented that Jeff was the best guitarist he had ever seen.

Jeff Healey is the single most underrated guitarist of all time. Not for notes, scales, or speed. But for pure technical. He created his own unique style that's not been copied by ANYONE to this Day. Oh and Jordan there is a video with Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughn playing together. Even SRV was amazed

@BarbButler

2 жыл бұрын

💙💜💙💜💙... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@alanbaum6690

2 жыл бұрын

I knew someone would beat me to recommending Healy playing with Stevie Ray

@Scott_P869

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Healey lost his eyes to a rare cancer before he was a year old. They were removed and replaced with prosthetics.

@acemodez3169

2 жыл бұрын

The song is Look At Little Sister, that performance is my favorite one of it, highly highly recommend

@CARNELIANTURQUOISE

2 жыл бұрын

He's never been "underrated" depends when you found him. His fan base from when he started all love and appreciate him

His song " angels eyes" is a must. He is the most underrated guitarist period

This man was born with a god given talent, and no amount of practice would ever get you to his level. He started playing guitar when he was 3 years old. Just a rare talent, an unbelievable musician. IMO the most underrated guitar player ever.

@Eddie-hv4yq

Жыл бұрын

You are ABSOLUTELY correct!!! I only knew him from the song "Angel Eyes" until a few days ago when I started reading more about him. I HAD NO IDEA HE COULD PLAY LIKE THAT!!! Incredible is not a strong enough adjective. Like they said, he is doing what the greats did, without sight! Even when the greats played / play, you see them watch their fingers' fret position, while that was not option for Jeff. Such a great talent who died way to young. He had so much more to offer the world.

I still choke up when i see footage of Jeff. Such an amazing talent, and Canadian treasure. RIP Jeff

@Lego51

Жыл бұрын

World treasure

@amyvargas-wilson9883

8 ай бұрын

Amen friend. 🤗

@fuiplu

6 ай бұрын

His cover of stuck in the middle with you, absolutely phenomenal

@tguers

4 ай бұрын

RIP Jeff…😢

Jeff was diagnosed with cancer in his eyes basically from birth and he went into remission after treatment. Unfortunately, that same cancer recurred as a young adult but wasn't discovered until it had greatly metastasized. It was a huge loss of a wonderful man and musician!

@CharCanuck14

2 жыл бұрын

It was retinoblastoma that Jeff had. My granddaughter was diagnosed with it just before she turned 2. It's a disease that seems to hit young children and I believe Jeff was 1 when he was diagnosed & treated. Of course I'm going to have little Rosie listen to Jeff when she gets older.

Jeff Healy was amazing. Y'all have to watch Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott. Jeff Healy was the house band at the bar.

The Bass player and drummer are killing it making a great foundation of music.

Not only was he an incredible musician, but he was a jazz aficionado with a world-class record collection. He worked at a radio station playing jazz records as a passion (using his own collection). RIP

You need to check out Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughan playing together a really really good treat to see both of them jamming together

@eclipsegurl2002

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! So awesome!

@jodiej.9821

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, their 'Look at Little Sister' jam is BEYOND.

@Silverstreak1985

2 жыл бұрын

Spectacular

@elieengoslin3623

2 жыл бұрын

SRV and him were good friends.

Canada mourned the loss of Healy a few years ago. It makes me happy to see that his music is being loved again by the another generation.

Holy crap! I've been following music closely since 1956 and playing guitar since 1960. How could I possibly not know about this guy? Completely under my radar, but I will be searching for everything I can find by him now! I know we all have some gaps in our knowledge, but I'm stunned by this one. So glad you reacted to this.

@timtorba0519

8 ай бұрын

I am there with you P. I think Jeff is so much more refined than Hendrix and right there with SRV. Cooking bass player too. Thanks J and Amber for presenting this artist to those of us who missed him. What a good find.

Jeff Healey is a Canadian LEGEND. He remains at the same level as Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder in terms of blind musicians. His raw talent is unsurpassed and is a gem to listen to. If I had a time machine, Jeff Healey would be near the top of my list of lost souls to see live. He lost his eyesight as an infant, but he never let it stop him.

I tried to tell you guys!! Jeff Healey is the truth!! He’s blind, plays upside down AND sings... That cat was real!! Him playing along with Stevie Ray Vaughan was unbelievable as well... Great work, you two!! RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Healey...

RIP Jeff. Every time I see this, the word that comes to mind is “joyful”.

Up here in Canada, we had this boy all to ourselves for a few years. Got to see him several times in small clubs but, my most precious memory is Jeff playing a 200 seater in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 87; Before he started, people are already standing on their tables and chairs, and all the musicians in the crowd are sitting cross-legged on the dance floor in front of the stage. Got to see all that he does in the video at eye level from within 10 feet. Not a long career but he accomplished a lot. He had a brass band also.

@regitmeisner3546

2 жыл бұрын

Called a pizza shop one night, he said "got exactly what I didnt order" bit into into it ,Im blind!!!.... free pizza that night !!!

@garryleblanc4002

2 жыл бұрын

As a young man in my 20's growing up in Toronto, I had the privilege of seeing Jeff along with Colin James and David Wilcox in a bar, most memorable live music night of my life, hope J & Amber discover the latter 2 Canadian greats as well...

@guymajor7103

Жыл бұрын

The first time I seen was in Winnipeg red river ex a free grandstand it was 1992 and he filled that east grandstand wit 15000 ppl once he started playing!

thank you for having a listen to one of Canadas most treasured guitarists. Your reaction was the same as mine when I first saw him play. I saw him doing a matinee show in Halifax through the door in the late 80s as I was too young to get in the bar. Blew my mind. An incredible live show, he was a total showman. And he was known to be a kind and gentle person. Thank you again. I love your channel.

You must check out SRV and Jeff Healey’s version of Look at Little Sister (live). I saw him at a blues festival in Louisiana in 1994 with BB King and Kenny Wayne Shephard, Healey is an absolute master.

@mozzetti1

2 жыл бұрын

I just posted this! Such a great combo. And love that song. 💕🎶🎸

@waynehackney5812

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to post that too. They were awesome together.

@richardbrittain2610

2 жыл бұрын

SRV said Healey is the only peer he played with that challenged him, mad respect & just watch the video...

@shairimarlerscooter6725

2 жыл бұрын

Angel eyes is the best wedding song ever and roadhouse best movie ever

@gizmoed1125

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKF_ycl6p7eTibQ.html&ab_channel=MatthewMarkee

The man on the piano is a music legend himself Doctor John, Jeff Healy was as good as anybody.

@PaulWaldoff

2 жыл бұрын

Doctor John is an ICON, as is Jeff Healy. He was the guitarist in the movie Roadhouse, with Patrick Swayze. Doctor John did the theme for Disney's Princess and The Frog and has been a huge inspiration for a LOT of famous musicians.

@herbertmorel3261

2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Doctor John.

@davidjames9460

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Also give love to the rest of the "house band" of Marcus Miller and Omar Hakim. Absolute legends all, backing up Jeff and jamming in their own right. What a treat.

@paulmorris8762

2 жыл бұрын

and another legend Marcus Miller slapping the bass. Jeff did a live acoustic duet with another phenomenal Canadian guitarist Colin James who also toured with SRV. Colin plays anything including jazz blues big band and raunchy rock

You ABSOLUTELY MUST see SRV and Jeff battle it out on stage together. It's absolutely EPIC and you will witness absolute greatness. Phenomenal.

I can not possibly express how wonderful it is for us who have been Jeff Healey fans for 30+ years to see the reactions, the astonishment and the pure JOY folks have hearing Jeff for the very first time. Absolutely love watching your faces when you fully began to REALIZE exactly what you were witnessing and hearing. It is simply beautiful ! Thank you both from the bottom of us old-timers' hearts !! 🤣🎸

I have seen Sting, Tina, Sinead, the Eurythmics in concert. But Jeff Healey and Sass Jordan in an old hockey rink in a town of fifty people was by far the best live event I've ever been too.

Jeff Healy, Stevie Wonder, Jose Feliciano, Ray Charles, Ronnie Milsap, just a few killer musicians who were or are blind. They were and are truly musically gifted souls and an inspiration to us all.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

2 жыл бұрын

Add the Winters Brother's.

@alisonstevens2712

2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of Evelyn Glennie? She is a DEAF musician; and she has numerous recordings. She is a percussionist and she plays in her bare feet so she can feel the vibrations from the floor

@bonoroo5313

2 жыл бұрын

You can add Gurrumul Yunupingu to that list, an Indigenous Australian.

@CARNELIANTURQUOISE

2 жыл бұрын

I think that they hear and sense music in a different way, it is on a different plane than those who can watch and learn. It's a feeling inside

I briefly met Healy at an after-show jam session in Houston back in the 90s. He was a super nice and humble guy.

RIP Jeff. Hugely underrated musician. Jeff co starred in Road House with the late great Patrick Swayze. His music in set the entire tone for that movie and one of the big reasons it's such a huge cult movie.

Oh man, one of Toronto's greatest, and definitely one of the best blues guitarists of the last few decades. Jeff went blind when he was a child, and learned to play on his lap because his first guitar was too big to hold. Saw him live a few times over the years, and he was always great - you guys'll love him! P.S. That's the legendary Dr. John killing it on the piano!

@ivarwinter3049

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff was born with Type 1 and was blind by his first birthday.

@susieq9801

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivarwinter3049 - He lost his eye to a rare form of childhood cancer, retinoblastoma, when he was one year old, not diabetes. He also died from cancer at 41.

@Alewifes_Husband

2 жыл бұрын

No comment on the cause or timing of the blindness -- just saying I saw Jeff Healy Band at Wolf Trap in like 1992 or 93 or something. Twas a great show!

@susieq9801

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alewifes_Husband - He was great!

@jessicabelle2011

2 жыл бұрын

And a truly beautiful human whom we lost to soon.😔

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Healey was raised in the city's west end. He was adopted as an infant; his adoptive father was a firefighter. When he was almost one year old, Healey lost his sight due to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes. His eyes had to be surgically removed, and he was given ocular prostheses.

Saw Jeff live do a full show in a 2,000 seat theater. Stupendous. Saw him curtain call for Eric Clapton after Eric did a closing full set, following SRV's full set, after Robert Cray Band's opening full set (a triple show) the night before SRV died. What a rare treat. What a stupendous talent.

Angel eyes and his version of my guitar gently weep!💖he became blind at 5! He’s always been amazing!

“Angel Eyes” is one of my all time favorite songs, ever. That’s saying a lot. Jeff Healey was the real deal, gone too soon 😢💔

@ZebraDazzle66

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree about Angel Eyes. And btw, as a Native NYer myself - ❤️ your name. 😁 And the song, Native New Yorker too. (Odyssey)

@NativeNYerChicHK

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZebraDazzle66 Thanks! And that’s one of my favorite NY songs, it’s iconic ♥️ I’m 3rd generation born & raised in Hells Kitchen, now living in NJ, but only an hour away so I can go “home” to visit anytime I get too homesick ♥️

If you guys have a "Movie Night" or "Movie Date Night" you should checkout Roadhouse! With Jeff as the "House" band, and Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot as the bouncers. One of the best movies of ALL TIME (IMHO)! Love you guys, you guys are an inspiration! You may not realize how wholesome and loving your Family is. If anyone watching picks-up on any of that it is a TOTAL WIN, and they will be BETTER for it. TY guys again for great music, great vibes, great appreciation for it you have, and so many things I can not even name.

@JEREMY99218

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Healy is also in the movie trailer.... Road House (1989) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3xnpK-Cc9O-qaQ.html

@HandleTakenlol

2 жыл бұрын

ROADHOUSE!

@Emee.M.

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Definitely love Roadhouse.

@RickRolandJr

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@392_dtna8

2 жыл бұрын

Swayze was the bomb in Roadhouse!

Jeff was an amazing musician and a great person. Lucky to see him live a few times. He was as humble as he was gifted. A loss to the music world.

Angel eyes is definitely one of his best songs and it is sad and unfortunate that we lost him in 2008 at just a young age of 41. He was most definitely one of the most underrated musicians out there because like he said in the video he played at another level

The late Dr John on piano …..hugely influential and respected for his part spreading New Oreleans music .

@kevinbahr4577

2 ай бұрын

I thought that was Dr. John! Amazing.

He's from my hometown Toronto. I used to see him at the bars all the time back in the 80s. He was a guitar genius.

Hey, loved your reation to Jeff...he is Canadian and a treasure here by all that like blues and rock. he wasnt born blind but became that at like the age of two, some type of cancer. Im Canadian & had the honour of seeing him live...totally mindblowing. He had a near encyclopedic memory of American jass & blues and a collection to match. Sadly cancer killed him at a young age, 42 i think? married and family, so sad. There is a small Parkette named in his honour in Toronto & i have sat on the bench & wept...he was a real bright light in music, especially here in Canada...cheers & thanks for bringing him to the forefront.

I used to see Jeff Healy around the Toronto jam scene. Once he started recording and touring, because of contract obligations, he couldn't play guitar without paying his management. So he would play cornet; he was just as good on the horn as on guitar. He was also a big country music fan.

Jeff Healey, Ray Charles, Ronnie Millsap, Stevie Wonder were all blind musicians who didn't let their handicap hold them back.

@dimedraweriv258

2 жыл бұрын

Add Clarence Carter

@nealm6764

2 жыл бұрын

and Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift are tone deaf singers who didn't let their handicap stop them either.

@i4long

2 жыл бұрын

Canned Heat

@SRHS83

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...this!!! All of them are amazing and I'll add Latin singer Jose Feliciano to that list and 2019 winner of America's Got Talent Kodi Lee, who is legally blind from a medical condition to his eyes and he's Autistic. He's amazing! Hoping his career can take him far like the others. Here's a performance of his about a year after he won AGT kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJeh0NZmp7azaM4.html

@tednemtzow2796

2 жыл бұрын

And multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, blind from early childhood, who eschewed the term "jazz", which he considered disrespectful, preferring "Black classical music". No one could swing harder.

Highly recommend "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Healey - Look at Little Sister", and also "Jeff Healey - As The Years Go Passing By". Both are incredible live performances that'll blow your mind. So happy to see a Healey reaction from you guys.

@rowanmayfair9249

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, if this one blew Jordan's mind, good Lord he's gonna croak seeing Healey and SRV together. Amber, have a crash cart on hand!!!!

Jeff Healy is an amazing musician in any category - blind or sighted! RIP Jeff Healy

I'll step on the mother at the end ,Jeff healey wonderful, love the reaction.

Jeff Healy didn't have many hits, but was extremely talented. Kind of came to his highest plateau of popularity after being the bar band in the movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott.

@RitaBowen1

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic movie

@whynot2644

2 жыл бұрын

Totally forgot he was in Roadhouse....

@nealm6764

2 жыл бұрын

If only he had written a song called: "pain don't hurt"

@JEREMY99218

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Healy is also in the movie trailer.... Road House (1989) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3xnpK-Cc9O-qaQ.html

@inarar5334

2 жыл бұрын

You play pretty good for a blind white boy.

Not that Jeff's stature was ever in question, but the quality of that backing band tells you all you need to know about his musicianship. Lovely solo from Dr John too, and Marcus and Omar, what a rhythm section... we're lucky to have such performances from the archives.

@amylynn5778

2 жыл бұрын

Dr John performed on this show, the same night I'd guess by what Mac is wearing, with Jools Holland. Wish I had this episode saved somewhere!

@ShakerPro72

2 жыл бұрын

I love Marcus Miller. My fav song of his is Blast.

@mokumboi19

2 жыл бұрын

Omar Hakim is the man!! He was also the drummer with Sting for his first few solo records.

@SolarTiger

2 жыл бұрын

good to Dr. John!

@bullbearjeff

2 жыл бұрын

Amen.. we are so lucky these performances were captured for us to enjoy forever and thanks to youtube to make them easily shareable.

Just re-watched this video. Jeff Healey blew you away and then did it again with Angel Eyes. Now check out Jeff's rendition of the Albert King classic "As The Years Go Passing BY" from Stuttgart Jazz Festival 1995.

One of the best blues guitarist there ever was. Pure God given talent. Won't be another like him. RIP Jeff.

Jeff lost his sight from cancer at 3 years old. He is without question THE MOST underrated under appreciated artist bar none. Jeff’s entire catalog is just amazing. I think I love you too much, Angel eyes, I tried, The damage is done, Macon Georgia blue, Hell to pay… just a few. His cover of the Beatles “While my guitar gently weeps”, for me, is better the theirs.

@bullbearjeff

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you guys much react to while my guitar gently weeps. Jeff was incredible. Thank you for highlighting such a masterful man.

@C2Cigars

2 жыл бұрын

He was less than a year old and eyes had to be removed.

@guido112975

2 жыл бұрын

@@C2Cigars Yeah, too bad ocular implants don't restore vision...

@DreamsSketcher

2 жыл бұрын

yes! I Think I Love You Too Much is my fav. Saw him in a roadhouse in late 90s . Just a few feet away, very relaxed atmosphere. He was just as good live. No disappointment. His version of While My Guirar Gently Weeps is fabulous.

@danmoyer4650

2 жыл бұрын

8 months old. George Harrison said that Jeff's cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is the only one he liked better than their original.

So happy you found Jeff healed, as a Canadian I’ve been listening to Jeff since the early 80s saw him live a few times and he was just an incredible person. Unfortunately he passed away in 2008 but his music lives on, awesome reaction. Thank you

Don't forget he was in Roadhouse.And that's Dr.John on piano , and bass player and drummer from Living Color

One of Canada's many great artists, R.I.P. Jeff Healey.....you play pretty good for a blind white boy!!! When you get back to him again I hope you check out his version of The Beatles song While My Guitar Gently Weeps....👍👍 Peace and Love to all, your friendly neighbor to the north... 🙏❤

He's done some magnficent covers, like The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", Stealer's Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle With You", and Jimi Hendrix's "Angel". His biggest hit on the charts was "Angel Eyes". Sadly, the cancer that took his sight took his life in 2008. He is MISSED.

@Shrykespeare

2 жыл бұрын

P.S. You've sampled many of the greatest guitarists who ever lived - Jeff, SRV, Jimi... the next one HAS to be Joe Satriani. Some of his former STUDENTS include Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde of Primus... and Kirk Hammett of Metallica. He's been shredding since the 80s, and you can't complete your GGOAT pantheon without including him. "Flying in a Blue Dream", "Dream Song", "Surfing With The Alien", "Time"... there are so many to choose from. (Forewarning - 99% of his songs are instrumentals.)

@christyzeeaquarianated2600

2 жыл бұрын

He passed in '08, but had been blind since he was a baby.

@Shrykespeare

2 жыл бұрын

@@christyzeeaquarianated2600 Right. Fact-check. The cancer that rendered him blind as a child was not the cause of his death. As I'm dealing with two kinds of cancer myself, I feel for the man.

For all the ROADHOUSE MOVIE FAN, you got to see him really shine. I saw him in Seattle at Festival and next day the young guitar master Johnny Lang.

Angel Eyes & While my Guitar gently weeps, are his main hits. Amazing guitarist & Canadian!!!

Love love love. Jeff is so missed. I cried when I saw you guys got this. Everyone has given the right suggestion on song choices,thanks again for this.

32 years of knowing & loving the ballad "Angel Eyes" and I never knew Jeff Healey ROCKED like that!!! Wow! This is now just the 2nd song from him that I know.

That is/was Dr John playing the piano . He is a legend in his own right ☮️❤️🎶

I had the pleasure of getting to know and hangout a bit with Jeff when he would play my area. He was a really down to earth guy with a lightning fast sense of humor. He is sorely missed

one of the finest blues guitarists ever!!! he is from Canada, check out his playing on in the movie "Roadhouse" with Patrick Swayze

Dr. John, on the keys in this performance, is a legend himself. Totally worth checking out. Maybe try “Right Place Wrong Time”, or “Such a Night” (from the Last Waltz), or his duet with Etta James ‘I’d Rather Go Blind (1987)”.

@beaubradley2171

2 жыл бұрын

Right Place Wrong Time is a must!!

Jeff Healy killed it in the 80's! you've GOT to hear Angel Eyes. he released it in 1988 and the video has him his band and his girlfriend at the time that he wrote the song for.

Thank Uns for enjoying the Blues with me! my family sister Doni

In my day, we used to call that, "Stealing Faces." Jeff Healy was really happening in the eighties. In fact, if you're interested, he was in a movie with Patrick Swayze called "Roadhouse." He supplied much of the music in that movie. It's actually a cult classic. His driving beat and unique play on the standard blues rift is strictly his own and identifiable as, what I call, "The Healy Grove." I used to plug him in the cassette player in my '64 GTO and take long cruises. It was cool seeing him have that effect on you guys. He's no longer with us now, but, he will be remembered by a lot of blues lovers.

@stellarichard4060

2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Halifax, NS for 3 yrs from 1984 to '87 and saw this amazing musician live a couple of times in a downtown bar! Poor guy had a rare form of eye cancer when he was very young 😓 died way too young ,so sad

@fatalwreck9254

2 жыл бұрын

I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS THE SAME GUY FROM Roadhouse

Paying homage to Jeff is one way to make up for this seriously underrated guitarist, this guy plays and slides like no other, love his voice too. His song "Angel Eyes" did very well and he appears/plays in the movie Road House with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot, great little movie!! Another one gone to soon. RIP Jeff. Thanks guys. ❤👍🏽

@karthain5742

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Patrick Swayze as well.

Kudos to you two for respecting Jeff Healy - he was also a encyclopedia of knowledge about early jazz

YES... Jeff is not just a blind guitar player HE IS INCREDIBLE It's almost unbelievable watching him play. If I had 4 eyes and 4 arms I couldn't play like that. For rock blues guitar, I got him, SRV and Joe Bonamassa as equil favorites of mine. But I think Jeff has the meanest sounding licks to me.

Us Torontonians love watching the JH reactions, ‘cause “we already know”. We all kinda grew up with their music and a were a home-town band that absolutely kicked it, whether playing for 100 in bar or at Ontario Place Forum in the round and even Maple Leaf Gardens. Never heard anyone say a negative thing about Jeff - a nice guy. If you want a sweet aural treat, check out How Blue Can You Get, live at Nottenden. A master class in stage presence and holding an audience in the palm of one’s hand, while performing. It doesn’t have to be a reaction video, necessarily; just check it out yourselves - you will not rue the day. Btw, all of the Jeff Healey Band’s studio stuff is great - debut album is great, and his album of covers is fun, too. Joe Workman played a solid bass, rock steady. Who knows, the JHB rabbit hole might even lead you to check out Amanda Marshall on a Female Friday instalment, Amber. Jeff had something to do with helping her get to on a record label, and what a voice. Peace from Toronto!

@jakeimhotep4866

2 жыл бұрын

Amanda Marshall's "Shades of Grey" would be great for Female Friday!

@mikewoodrow5878

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakeimhotep4866 yes or Fall from Grace or Let it Rain or Birmingham, too

@evakatrinaa

2 жыл бұрын

Amanda Marshall 'Let it Rain' -- perfection

@barriekelley2241

2 жыл бұрын

We Canadians have been spoiled by years of quality music. Please check out Rush and the Tragically Hip. Cheers from Edmonton!

Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues for You. Guitar playing fool and one of the best ever. RIP

His voice in “Angel Eyes” is perfection! ❤️

This is RSR's best reaction. Jeff's version of, While My Guitar Gently Sleeps, is 2nd to none.

Canada has produced some superb artists but Jeff Healy is an entirely different level, no disrespect to other greats like Alex Liefson of Rush.Thank for doing this so fun to see people blown away like this!! now I’m going back to watch SRV & JH for the Nth time. Both gone far far too soon, but lucky us we get to listen as long as we like. 💯👍🏻🔥🔥

Jeff Healy is freaking amazing! Most underappreciated musician of all time. Probably because he was Canadian.

@axiomt5981

2 жыл бұрын

You should react to some Dr. John. He is on piano in this song.

Thanx for featuring the amazing guitar player and super nice human being!!! Jeff went blind at a young age and learned to play guitar with his unique style. Jeff was also heavy into jazz. Many guitar greats were so impressed by his talents including George Harrison. Jeff covered George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that is absolutely killer!!!

It’s all about very, very fine tuned hearing skills that blind musicians end up developing. Let alone Jeff was a natural. May God bless him wherever he might be..😊

Brings a tear to my eye knowing such a great talent is no longer with us. Holy cow him, Jimi and SRV are setting the clouds on fire

@caseymoe816

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Pure truth. Love that: “setting the clouds on fire”!!!👍❤️

@RDRussell2

2 жыл бұрын

So beautifully put!

Man I'm a big tuff 54 year old man and this brought me to tears of joy watching Jay react to the late great Jeff Healey....peace...

Those of us in Toronto were lucky enough to see him in his early days.. playing local open jams. At the top of his career, he still popped into jams, and played for us... then he went and bought his own bar.. When he wasn't touring he'd play at his bar most Thursdays. RIP Jeff

Jeff Healy………the greatest guitar player you’ll EVER hear!!!! He even had a bit part in he movie Road House and played!! Awesome…awesome…awesome!!!!!!!!!!

I know I keep harping on Fine Young Cannibals but also for great blues guitar Jonny Lang or Kenny Wayne Shepherd are some of the best, both starting out as very young children! Lie to Me is especially great!

Angel Eyes is a must by this band. Great pick and reaction!

Jose Feliciano is another wonderfully gifted, blind musician & singer/songwriter. If you want to be utterly amazed, you should check him out, playing 'The flight of the bumblebee', one of the most complicated orchestral pieces ever, but HE plays it on his classical guitar!!! The biggest shock happens when, halfway through the piece, he drops his pick, then carries on, playing with his fingers, as if nothing's happened!!! 😲😲😲

Go down the Jeff Healey rabbit hole. SRV discovered Jeff. Jeff blew everyone away! I'm going to be 50 next year, I have loved this man's music for years!!!!!!!!!!!!

MUST check out Jeff and SRV live! ALSO: That was the Legend Dr. John on piano.

Ranking musicians is an impossible task. He's one of the best, but Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles also accomplished greatness while blind. SRV and Jimi never saw their guitars during their best stank face performances. Then you have to figure soul piercing into the picture. David Gilmour can't play nearly as fast, but he can pierce my very soul. Janis could rip my heart and soul right out of my body, but a voice coach would think she was horrible. I'm just glad we have so many amazing artists to do the impossible and enrich our lives. Very grateful to them all! I can't imagine my life without any of them.

@johnplaysgames3120

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with everything you said here. BUT I would add that, while Jimi and SRV could play amazing solos with eyes-closed stank faces, I'd bet money that they looked at the guitar a lot while they were learning. One of the amazing things about artists like Ray, Stevie, and Jeff Healy is that they had to learn their instrument blind as well. Really, though, that's just a side note. When watching a performance like this, I don't find myself thinking, "Wow, he's good for someone who's blind." Sight or no sight, he's just one of the greats, period.

@hudsonhollow

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnplaysgames3120 Great points. These artists are masters, all. I have often pondered what drives some of them. I have considered that being blind may be a slight advantage. Their lives are full of sound but no sight. They depend on their hearing more than most of us. Could that enhance their abilities to make beautiful sounds? I'm just glad that however they achieved such mastery, I was able to reap the benefits of it.

@cazgerald9471

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget José Feliciano

@oldmanjankins8812

2 жыл бұрын

Chris Stapleton. Has it all. Writing, singing, playing. His perfectly humble demeanor.

My older Brother introduced me to Jeff Healey back in 1988...the minute I heard him play I was blown away...when my brother told me I was blind..I became obsessed and couldn't get enogh...I live that he was also the house band in Roadhouse.

I've listened to Jeff Healey for decades. I shed a few tears every time I watch this knowing this beautiful talent is no longer with us.

In some ways , Jeff's blindness is an asset to his guitar-playing .... if you've noticed , when a GREAT guitarist is at the PEAK of his solo , his eyes are CLOSED !!! .... guitar is a VERY tactile instrument , and the FEEL of your guitar in your hands is a very direct connection to the music .... looking to see if you are in the right fret can actually distract you from the emotion of the moment !!!!

@tonyrr65

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, when I have learned some music I try to play it with my eyes closed and I "feel" the music more than when my eyes are open.

@mikemclaughlin3306

2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes

@RMLtiger

2 жыл бұрын

To your point… SRV rarely ever looks at his guitar. There are also some SRV solos where he plays with his fret hand on top just like Jeff.

Jeff Healy is one of the under rated greats, he and SRV brought blues back in the 80's

My brother’s classmate and good friend Greg Brayton, from our hometown of Coldwater, Michigan, was a blind musician and also played guitar in the same manner as Healey. His band was called Blind Man’s Bluff. He passed in 2014 at 58.

I vote for Angel Eyes, too! You guys will LOVE it. His singing is gorgeous in that.

Jeff is one of best guitarist of ALL time... blind, sighted,...period. A true artist. One with his instrument. He said he never "saw" blindness as a problem, why should we?

That's Dr. John on the piano. Legend.

@johnk.2508

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him too. I was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had commented about Dr John

@mkenific

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnk.2508 same here!

I have to chuckle at reactors who are surprised about blind musicians. Some of the best blues musicians have been blind: Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Willie McTell, Fulton Allen (aka Blind Boy Fuller), Sonny Terry, Rev. Gary Davis, Willie Walker, Ray Charles, Blind Willie Johnson (whose “Dark Was the Night” was included on the records that were launched with the Voyager spacecrafts), and many others. BTW, there were a few people who played guitar that way. Cornelius Bright was a pretty good one.

Thanks to you two young folks for watching this with open minds. The show Jeff was on was David Sanborn's Night music, a great weekly show that featured the greats, like Jeff. It's a shame it was not on the air longer, but this episode was my first intro to Jeff and I went to see him soon after in a tiny club (just before Road House the movie blew up). I sat 10 feet from him just drooling and tearing up. I saw him several times and even met him and the band briefly. Each time I saw him play was simply insane, it's such a shame he passed away. Interestingly, he was a huge jazz fan with a collection 10,000 78 records, and he was an incredible trumpet player as well.

And the legendary Dr. John killing it on piano!

Jeff Healey played the local bars in my town when I was in my 20's - never a bad show.

My son is a blind musician/singer also. He has an intellectual disability as well but he leads his own band here in Detroit. He sings in perfect pitch and can play any song on piano that he hears just once. A true miracle and yes….you can do most anything! Big fan of you two and of course Jeff Healy. RIP. Please react to Angel Eyes.

Oh yes, go down that Jeff Healey rabbit hole! You will never regret it! Seen him a couple times, and every time, he absolutely rawked! I mean completely shred the crap out of that guitar! This song, Angeleyes, Sunshine of Your Love (Cream cover), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles cover), How Long Can A Man Be Strong...all essential. Lost his sight at 1 year old due to an eye cancer. Died at 41 (far, far too young) - RIP Jeff. Hope you're jamming with SRV & others!

Add another vote for Angel Eyes. This was a little too frenetic for my musical tastes, but my oh my, I can still appreciate his amazing skills!